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Aloha to Jenny, Mark, and ANYONE who could help me with this....I have some foot issues, soooo I wanted to hike & bike the Camino from St. Jean to Santiago. I am going with 3 friends whom I have backpacked with, sections of PCT, and I want to stay a part of our packing tribe and experience some of the Camino with them, hiking. I hoped to do something like this: spend 2 days hiking with them then spend 3-5 days riding. I would stop at points of interest and be a "tourist" until they catch up. My hope was to send my bike ahead to an albergue, like pilgrims do their luggage, and hike with my friends for another 2 days then when we reach my bike I would bike another 3-5 days, be a tourist and continue that scenario. I can't seem to find information if the bus service, ALSA, would transport my bike, drop it off & lock it. Does ANYONE know of ANYONE who has done something like this??? HELP!! I am even having trouble getting my bike from Madrid to where I hoped to start biking, which is Roncevelles. (sp.)....any ideas????? renting a bike is so expensive.......Hi Jenny, I've seen those websites too and another site - www.bimbimbikes.com looks interesting as well.
I'll be doing the albergues and the list of favourites on this forum look good.
I strongly support Jeff's recommendations. I, too, am a biker, and have a bell on my bike. I hiked the Camino in 2016 and was appalled at the majority of bikers who approached from behind at high speeds with no warning. Very few used bells. A few verbally announced their presence. But the vast majority did nothing - a very unsafe, risky practice.Could I make three requests of ALL cyclists on (and off) the Camino?
1 equip your bike with a bell
2 use it
3 try not to piss off pilgrims on foot by demonstrating your downhill skills at speed, in the rain or, in fact, ever?
Otherwise . . . . roll on in peace and may you never have a puncture
(in the interest of clarity, NOT anti-bike, own two and used to design/construct cycleways in the UK National Cycle Network for Sustrans)
This is currently flavour of the month amongst off road users.
http://www.mtbbell.com/demo.html
Not sure if 'plugged in' walkers would hear it though.
Check out Bike / Train situation from Madrid or any main line travel. Hi Speed don't allow bikes unless they a packed or wrapped. Even then they will refuse you because most bikes are way bigger when packed than the permitted size. On slower trains ie Bierritz - SJDP no problem wheeling bike on board. I would be amazed if AlSA or any bus driver would transport, park and lock your bike.Aloha to Jenny, Mark, and ANYONE who could help me with this....I have some foot issues, soooo I wanted to hike & bike the Camino from St. Jean to Santiago. I am going with 3 friends whom I have backpacked with, sections of PCT, and I want to stay a part of our packing tribe and experience some of the Camino with them, hiking. I hoped to do something like this: spend 2 days hiking with them then spend 3-5 days riding. I would stop at points of interest and be a "tourist" until they catch up. My hope was to send my bike ahead to an albergue, like pilgrims do their luggage, and hike with my friends for another 2 days then when we reach my bike I would bike another 3-5 days, be a tourist and continue that scenario. I can't seem to find information if the bus service, ALSA, would transport my bike, drop it off & lock it. Does ANYONE know of ANYONE who has done something like this??? HELP!! I am even having trouble getting my bike from Madrid to where I hoped to start biking, which is Roncevelles. (sp.)....any ideas????? renting a bike is so expensive.......
Hi Mark,Hi Sol,
Sounds like we will probably meet each other sometime in September. I've been doing more research and I look like taking 13 or 14 days to complete my Camino, I also want to spend some extra time in Pamplona, Burgos and Leon to look around so I'm trying to restrict travel on those days to 2 stages. I need to book a business trip first to London in early Sept, which will then determine my start date at St Jean on the Camino. I'm also a runner, having done a few half marathons, so this adventure should be interesting !
Happy to keep the chats going, I've seen just about every Camino video on You Tube and now I just want to start it!
Good Luck
M
Check out Bike / Train situation from Madrid or any main line travel. Hi Speed don't allow bikes unless they a packed or wrapped. Even then they will refuse you because most bikes are way bigger when packed than the permitted size. On slower trains ie Bierritz - SJDP no problem wheeling bike on board. I would be amazed if AlSA or any bus driver would transport, park and lock your bike.
Hi Solvita,
I have 2 weeks booked at the start of sep, but depending how things go at work over the next couple of months I'm trying to see if I can book an extra couple of days.
I plan to leave from Pamplona and be on the road no later than the 2nd of sept, giving myself 5 days to get to Leon and a day off to explore, then another 5 days to get to Santiago, allowing for maybe a couple of rest days here and there. but as these things go, you never know where you'll be... the Camino has these little funny ways of surprising you.. so I'll try and stick to my plans but ultimately I'll just go with the flow and keep my options open.
All in all I'm going to give myself 14 days to complete the route.
But if I can get extra time off ... who's knows !!
I'm still at the planning stage, just need to book flights .
but slowly moving on to other things ...
decided I'm bringing my own bike.
Today I got my sleeping bag liner and some travel towels on sale ...
Pannier bags next, but strongly considering the new bikepacking system
Keep in contact.
Chat soon
Hi Jenny ,Hi Darren we are getting a nice little community going here for September! The website that you put up earlier for accommodation is excellent with a list of hostals some bike friendly, thank you.
Can I ask why have you chosen Bilbao? From 10,000km away Madrid looks easier haha I'm sure there's a good reason though
Cheers
Well a funny thing happened yesterday.....I went food shopping and came home with return flights to Madrid! It has suddenly become very real.
I will be in Pamplona on 2nd September and leave the next day.
Flying out of Santiago on the 20th so that gives 16-17 days.
Now to organise bikes, and accommodation, and forwarding of main bag with after cycle gear, and learn how to fix a flat tyre..
I would say we will all probably catch up at some stage, just a little bit excited.
Hi Mark a friend and I also plan to cycle in September but we don't have exact dates yet. The evolving plan is to walk from St Jean to Pamplona, pick up rental bikes and cycle to Santiago, probably taking a more leisurely 16 days for the ride. 50km average per day with a couple of rest days. May see you on the trail or before in the planning
I am not planning on going until May/June 2019. Thanks to everyone for their wonderful advice and weblinks. I am excited to hear about how your Camino trips go.Hi Nichole, I go in September so I can't give you any feedback yet I have rented bikes through cycling-rentals, again no feedback yet. When are you planning to go
Hello MT - I am arriving early evening 19/9 in Biaritz, then taxi (as I cant make the train connection in time) to SJPDP to commence on 20/9. Renting a bike package to be delivered to the first gite on 19/9 and arriving leisurely in SC on 3/10. Still sorting out logistics, which is a bit of a faff!Hi all,
I'm new to this forum, but thought I might try to get a group together who will be biking the Camino in September 2017. I'm planning on starting in St Jean in mid September and finishing in Santiago about 11 days later, travelling between 60km and 80km per day. I thought it might be good to share planning tips, see some friendly faces on the road, share a drink, a few stories and support each other if we need some help on the Way. We can travel at our own pace or link up for a couple of legs if we want.
Hopefully I'll be a dual pilgrim because I hiked the Kumano Kodo, Japan in 2012.
Happy to chat, Buen Camino !
MT
Australia
Lovely Oscar Wilde quote JennyHi Darren, sorry to hear you're still injured, your Camino time will come. I'm pretty much organised and the excitement is building. There's always an element of trepidation- omg what am I thinking lol and there's a saying I quite like 'all will be fine in the end, and if it's not fine, then it's not the end'
Cheers and speedy recovery
Jenny
Hi Sol, can you please share the Bus Share company Contact details ?Hi Mark,
Yes - I'm too planning to have a extra day of sightseeing in the biggest cities. I'm also open to climb /walk up a few peaks along the line to see the landscape across, or do any other crazy stuff (new experiences). I booked extra week off work in order to take away the stress of reaching the finish line in time. I'm approaching it as a pilgrimage first, as a sightseeing and cycling holiday second. I want to interact / talk to many people along the way. I speak conversational Spanish, so want to practice Spanish and try to speak to locals and absorb local culture and custom, soak it all in.
Regarding travelling to Saint Jean, at moment my plan is to buy fly from UK to Biarritz (most probably sat-02-sep), then shared bus to St Jean Pied de Port. I found the small bus share company that you reserve and pay depending on how many people booked around that time. I'm renting bicycle, so travelling to SJPdP with my panniers (rucksack) only.
I haven't watch You Tube videos yet. I'm leaving that till June, when exams finished. But I'm reading some threads here and noting down about things to acquire later.
Catch up soon.
Sol.
Hi Sol, can you please share the Bus Share company Contact details ?
I am flying into Biarritz on 24June. I was planning on taking my bike on the train ( €10) to SJPDP.
Thanks
Martin
My son and I used Express Bourricot from Biarritz to SJPdP with 2 bikes. No problem.Hi Sol, can you please share the Bus Share company Contact details ?
I am flying into Biarritz on 24June. I was planning on taking my bike on the train ( €10) to SJPDP.Thanks
Martin
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